Configuration tools
Microsoft continues to add features and functionalities in every new release of Dynamics AX. With such a broad set of functionalities and features, the implementation projects become bigger and more complex, and thus, project teams require tools and technologies to support configuration management.
There are several tools available with Dynamics AX for the initial configuration and configuration management. The following sections describe some commonly used tools for configuration management.
The Data Import/Export Framework
DIXF is a powerful tool available in Dynamics AX 2012 for data migration and configuration. The chapter on data migration in this book has covered the basics of the DIXF tool. DIXF provides several out-of-the-box master data and parameter entities that can be used for configuration management directly.
The following sections define the key features of DIXF, which are useful for initial configuration and management.
